The place where the attack is barely five km away from Srinagar district.

The incident came less then a day after a police constable was killed and 11 other security personnel including eight policemen and three CRPF troopers were injured on Sunday evening in Srinagar’s Nowhatta area when militants hurled a grenade when security personnel were being withdrawn from the area.

Militant outfit Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen had claimed responsibility for this attack.